In birding the twitching hour is usually at dawn rather than midnight and there's nothing scary about it... except maybe this: when you go looking for one bird and only one, it's very likely you'll find exactly none. Birders are very good to share sightings of rare birds, but they are not so good at erecting billboards that say "IT'S OVER HERE!"
So I don't twitch. Technically. Though I have been known to drive several hours to look all day for a reported rare bird--but I've never crossed the continent for one. :)
The point is, you can expend a lot of energy to see a lot of nothing.
(Feel the "but" coming?)
But...when you finally do see the bird, it's worth all chasing around and time spent lurking indiscreetly close to people's back fences. Of course once having seen it and snapping a few photos, it's back to the car...there's that Bay-breasted Warbler across town that you couldn't find the day before. :)
So this is my rare bird--at least in So-Cal. You could probably see one if you went as far east and south in AZ as you could go, but then of course that would be twitching. :)
Distinguishing Marks: Pale yellow breast, gray head, white throat. Large economy-size beak.
Boring Fact: Other than being rare, this bird is pretty boring. :)
